NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: TRIBECA TAP HOUSE
When Nick McKeon was ready to open another restaurant and bar—the first was Copper Door Tavern on Third Ave.—how could he resist the old Fitz’s Pig N’ Whistle space on Greenwich? “I worked there when I was a kid,” he says. Meet the Tribeca Tap House.

BY THE WAY…
Sorry about forgetting the links in Monday’s newsletter. If that happens again—and it will—you can always find the posts at TribecaCitizen.com.

THE CLAMPDOWN
Highlights from the media reports about the evacuation of Zuccotti Park.

NOSY NEIGHBOR: WHAT DO THE CHARACTERS ON 47 VESTRY MEAN?
After walking by 47 Vestry countless times, I realized I had no idea what the foreign characters painted on the façade mean. So I asked myself to look into it.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 11/15: Tribeca is focus of this year’s Small Business Saturday. Plus: Another school-zoning flyer; Anne Frank Center USA.
••• 11/16: Kutsher’s Tribeca is taking reservations. Plus: Children’s clothing pop-up; 401 Greenwich storefront in play?; Halloween costume donations; no more late-night hoe-ramming.

INSIDE “LE CABINET DE CURIOSITÉS”
A stunning new exhibit of art and antiques—in a magnificent, normally off-limits space on Harrison—is a delight even if you don’t generally care about that stuff. Go, go, go!

IN THE NEWS
••• 11/14: An update on FiDi café/cocktail bar Demi Monde. Plus: North End Grill on track; Occupy Wall Street drums bothering residents, as is construction (this is news?); Pace’s new dorm; that gumball machine.
••• 11/15: Judge rules against OWS. Plus: NYPD also arrested credentialed members of the press; from garage to gallery.
••• 11/16: Occupy Wall Street is planning a big “action” tomorrow [today]. Plus: Brookfield security guard slur; closing the World Financial Center to the public as a precaution; BPC bike path update; P.S. 1 principal wary of school plan.

LOFT PEEPING
Design Hunting’s Wendy Goodman likes the 2,000-square-foot, fourth-floor loft owned by author-actor Anthony Crane and fashion photographer Amanda Pratt because it “manages to effortlessly integrate adult and children’s décor.”